Love Spirals Downwards

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Love Spirals Downwards
Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genre(s)	Dream pop Shoegaze
Instrument(s)	Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sampler, drum machine, keyboard, hand drum, dulcimer
Years active	1991 – 1999
Label(s)	Projekt Records Hyperium Records
Associated acts	Lovespirals Melodyguild
Website	Love Spirals Downwards

Love Spirals Downwards were an ethereal dream pop and electronica recording act from California.

1 History
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] History

Love Spirals Downwards were begun by multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lum, as a solo recording project sometime in the late 1980's. In 1991, then-girlfriend Suzanne Perry joined as vocalist to record a demo, which lead to a contract with Projekt Records. Over its 8-year history, the band released four full-length albums, a career retrospective, and a CD single, selling in excess of 40,000 CDs [1]. They were also included on over two dozen various artist compilations [2], including the Heavenly Voices series released by the German label Hyperium Records.

Lum worked with other vocalists and musicians in addition to Perry, including Perry's sister, Kristen, who appears on the 1998 album, Flux. One of her songs, "Psyche," was used on episode #501 of Dawson’s Creek, originally airing on 10/10/2001. This episode is included on the Season 5 DVD set. [3] Kristen Perry had actually recorded several demos with Lum prior to Suzanne Perry joining the band [4].

Jennifer Wilde (then working under her maiden name, Jennifer Ryan Fuller) performed as a guest vocalist on two tracks for Love Spirals Downwards' 1994 sophomore release, Ardor. Her vocals from one of these songs, "Sunset Bell," were reused for a new version of the song 4 years later on the band's final studio album, Flux. Wilde went on to form her own band, Liquid State, in January 2006. [5]

Although the band never officially broke up, in 1999 Lum began releasing music under the shortened moniker, Lovespirals, featuring new vocal collaborator, Anji Bee. In January 2000, the Love Spirals Downwards career retrospective CD, Temporal, was released by Projekt including new remixes of songs from Flux and promotional materials that seemed to indicate the band were still active. [6]

However, in 2002 Projekt released Lovespirals' first full-length CD, Windblown Kiss, which did not include longtime LSD vocalist Suzanne Perry (nor Kristen Perry or Jennifer Wilde). Soon after, Projekt announced that Perry would release an EP under the band name, Melodyguild, in 2003. The release was pushed back several times before disappearing from the label's site. In late 2006, the EP, now named Aitu, reappeared as an upcoming 2007 release. [7]